No ducking fine for four years of tardiness
WKLC-FM St. Albans WV suffered the destruction of its tower site back in 2004, but was able to procure a CP to get back...
BlackRock buys Marketron
Marketron confirmed with RBR-TVBR BlackRock Kelso Capital has become Marketron’s majority shareholder as part of a debt restructuring. In a debt-for-equity swap, The Wicks...
Programmatic buying coming to TV
Earlier this year, Interpublic Group announced that it was working to automate more of its media transactions. To this end, IPG announced that it would like to see 50% of all its media buys, not just online buys, transacted in a programmatic manner by 2016. According to IPG’s subsidiary Magna Global, there is a need to automate the buying of both national and local inventory in most media, including TV and radio inventory. We estimate the size of the media marketplace to be approximately $182 billion in 2012, including print media, consisting of newspapers, magazines and yellow pages (none of which are mentioned in IPG’s need for automation). For those not familiar with automated buying, one should think of machine to machine transactions, with computers making trading decisions within milliseconds.
NBC earns Friday win and tie for win in key demos
Friday Primetime Results:
* NBC tied for #1 for the night in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and was...
Got Stress? Think Like A Cow
Sales expert Barrett Riddleberger, as he is wont to do, has stepped back from the process of selling...
Analyst likes prospects for AMC Networks
Barclays Capital thinks that there is more than a compensation dispute involved in the decision of DISH Network to drop AMC channels from its...
Holiday Shopping Expected to Rise, Both Overall, Mobile
Mobile shopping will play a big role in holiday shopping.
Spotify, Ford team for voice-activated audio streaming
Ford will be the first car maker to launch “Spotify in the Car,” a voice-activated music service, the two companies announced 2/25 at Mobile...
ABC’s Modern Family is Wednesday’s #1 show
ABC finished a strong second on Wednesday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 (pacing within 1-tenth of a rating point for the lead), while...
NAB asks for time out on political posting challenge
Television broadcasters were unsuccessful in getting a stay on new FCC requirements that have major network affiliates in the top 50 DMAs posting political...
Woof Boom Radio coming to Indiana
A broadcaster with deep Indiana roots is forming a new group via the acquisition of a six-station collection of Indiana radio outlets in a...
Aereo smackdown praised by AEI fellow
An AEI fellow believes that Aereo’s most recent loss in court is well deserved and terminal.
HuffPost Live content coming to cable
The Huffington Post has found a home on cable TV for its eight-month-old Internet channel, HuffPost Live. Mark Cuban's cable channel
Analyst on Sinclair: What’s not to like?
Sinclair Broadcast Group said that it had a very successful Q3, but you don’t need to take Sinclair’s word for it. It has at...
Jagermeister unveils “Stronger Bond” (video)
Jagermeister, the brand known for pioneering the original bar party with its signature Jagerettes, ground-breaking Tap Machines and category-changing Ice Cold Shots, debuted its...